[Sca-cooks] I had a small problem ...
Martin G. Diehl
mdiehl at nac.net
Wed Nov 4 20:01:36 PST 2009
Hi,
A few weeks ago, A friend was cooking braised ox tail
in a commercial grade rectangular pan on my stovetop.
There was a noise and a flash of light.
At first, I thought a lightbulb in the hood over the range
had exploded. I checked but didn't find anything broken.
Then I realized that the stove was not on anymore.
When we moved the pan into the oven, I saw liquid pooled on
the range top ... and also in the oven.
That's when I noticed a hole in the calrod heating element
that had been under the pan.
We trqnsfered the food into another pan; reset the circuit
breaker, and continued cooking the food in the oven.
Please take a look at the images here,
http://users.nac.net/mdiehl/plasma/plasma.html
As you can see, when the burner element failed and shorted
out, it punched a hole in the bottom of the pan. Technically,
a plasma cutting torch!
The burner element has been replaced.
I was able to find a replacement pan.
The old pan isn't usable ... but I wonder, could it be repaired?
Any thoughts on that?
I am,
Vincenzo,
In Service to the Dream
--
Martin G. Diehl
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